Re: Installing Mouse Driver
Thank you for all your help with the mouse driver - I now have it installed, and XF86Setup recognises it. All I've got to worry about now is setting up the X Server correctly! John -- John Wingfield Committee Member Website Manager British Double Reed Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bdrs.demon.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
My mouse is a standard Microsoft PS/2 Intellimouse connected to an almost new Dell Dimension D266. It connects to a small round 6pin socket which I assume to be a serial mouse port. Nope, this is not a serial port. As root, I tried 'insmod psaux' which executed, but produced no response. I then typed '/dev/psaux device' which produced 'Permission Denied'. '/dev/psaux' produced the same. No. While inastalling X or gpm you should tell coniguration program that your mouse using /dev/psaux device, and the protocol is ps2. The simplest way would be to exit from X, dpkg --purge gpm, then install gpm package. It will ask you questions about the device on the protocol of the mouse. Why not just run /usr/sbin/gpmconfig ? --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
No. While inastalling X or gpm you should tell coniguration program that your mouse using /dev/psaux device, and the protocol is ps2. The simplest way would be to exit from X, dpkg --purge gpm, then install gpm package. It will ask you questions about the device on the protocol of the mouse. Why not just run /usr/sbin/gpmconfig ? I didn't say that to avoid additional if statement in my sugestion: *if* you have gpm installed (check it with dpkg -s gpm) do gpmconfig, if not, install gpm and *if* it doesn't ask you to configure (existing old conffiles) do gpmconfig. dpkg --purge gpm dpkg -i gpm* looks much simpler :) Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
You are probably using debian version 1.3 or earlier and have a ps2 style mouse. Your message is not clear to me but... If you move the mouse when in a console, does a mouse curson appear on the screen? Where did the error message you listed come from? If you received that message when X-Windows was running then the problem can be cleared up several ways. The best being to upgrade to the latest stable release (version 1.3.1r6). You also can type gpm -k in a console and attempt to start X again (it should now work). The kernels have mouse support however during installation there should have been an option to include module support for a ps2 style mouse. If you did not choose that option (and that is the problem) then there are ways to solve the problem (I don't think that you would get the error message you mentioned from that problem however). John Wingfield wrote: I am a new user of Debian Linux. After much guesswork I have managed to install Debian and XFree86 (not provided with the CD). Unfortunately when installing Debian I could not include a mouse driver in the kernal because some a device in use error. As a consequence I cannot use XFree86. Can anyone offer me some advice on how to retrospectively install a mouse driver? John Wingfield -- John Wingfield Committee Member Website Manager British Double Reed Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bdrs.demon.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft! See! They do get some things right! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
Thanks for your reply. When I was installing Debian (which should be the latest version - I received the CD only recently) I was given the option to install mouse support in the kernal. I attempted to do so, but this produced a device in use error or something similar. I have no objections to reinstalling Debian (I have done so twice already) but this error always occurs. I can't properly install XFree86 because I need the mouse to complete installation! John In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bill Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes You are probably using debian version 1.3 or earlier and have a ps2 style mouse. Your message is not clear to me but... If you move the mouse when in a console, does a mouse curson appear on the screen? Where did the error message you listed come from? If you received that message when X-Windows was running then the problem can be cleared up several ways. The best being to upgrade to the latest stable release (version 1.3.1r6). You also can type gpm -k in a console and attempt to start X again (it should now work). The kernels have mouse support however during installation there should have been an option to include module support for a ps2 style mouse. If you did not choose that option (and that is the problem) then there are ways to solve the problem (I don't think that you would get the error message you mentioned from that problem however). John Wingfield wrote: I am a new user of Debian Linux. After much guesswork I have managed to install Debian and XFree86 (not provided with the CD). Unfortunately when installing Debian I could not include a mouse driver in the kernal because some a device in use error. As a consequence I cannot use XFree86. Can anyone offer me some advice on how to retrospectively install a mouse driver? John Wingfield -- John Wingfield Committee Member Website Manager British Double Reed Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bdrs.demon.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
When I was installing Debian (which should be the latest version - I received the CD only recently) I was given the option to install mouse support in the kernal. I attempted to do so, but this produced a device in use error or something similar. I have no objections to reinstalling Debian (I have done so twice already) but this error always occurs. You don't have to reinstall Debian for that. (It won't help much anyway). The truth is that there are quite a few mouse drivers in the menu you mentioned. What kind of mouse do you have: serial or busmouse? If busmouse - is it PS2 or some other type? Please tell us as much as you know about it. If you don't know the answer even to the first question, tell us what kind of plug the mouse have - round or not? Anyway, my guess would be that you have a ps2 mouse. In this case just do (as root) insmod psaux. If it works, then you should use /dev/psaux device to configure X or gpm (and ps2 protocol). Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
John is probably right (insmod psaux). Where exactly did the 'device in use' message show up? -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft! See! They do get some things right! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
Alex, My mouse is a standard Microsoft PS/2 Intellimouse connected to an almost new Dell Dimension D266. It connects to a small round 6pin socket which I assume to be a serial mouse port. As root, I tried 'insmod psaux' which executed, but produced no response. I then typed '/dev/psaux device' which produced 'Permission Denied'. '/dev/psaux' produced the same. The exact error I got when trying to install a mouse driver from the Debian installer right at the beginning was: /lib/modules/2.0.29/misc/psaux.0: init_module: Device or resourse busy Installation failed Thanks for you help so far - do you have any more ideas?! John In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alex Yukhimets [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes When I was installing Debian (which should be the latest version - I received the CD only recently) I was given the option to install mouse support in the kernal. I attempted to do so, but this produced a device in use error or something similar. I have no objections to reinstalling Debian (I have done so twice already) but this error always occurs. You don't have to reinstall Debian for that. (It won't help much anyway). The truth is that there are quite a few mouse drivers in the menu you mentioned. What kind of mouse do you have: serial or busmouse? If busmouse - is it PS2 or some other type? Please tell us as much as you know about it. If you don't know the answer even to the first question, tell us what kind of plug the mouse have - round or not? Anyway, my guess would be that you have a ps2 mouse. In this case just do (as root) insmod psaux. If it works, then you should use /dev/psaux device to configure X or gpm (and ps2 protocol). Alex Y. -- John Wingfield Committee Member Website Manager British Double Reed Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bdrs.demon.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
My mouse is a standard Microsoft PS/2 Intellimouse connected to an almost new Dell Dimension D266. It connects to a small round 6pin socket which I assume to be a serial mouse port. Nope, this is not a serial port. As root, I tried 'insmod psaux' which executed, but produced no response. I then typed '/dev/psaux device' which produced 'Permission Denied'. '/dev/psaux' produced the same. No. While inastalling X or gpm you should tell coniguration program that your mouse using /dev/psaux device, and the protocol is ps2. The simplest way would be to exit from X, dpkg --purge gpm, then install gpm package. It will ask you questions about the device on the protocol of the mouse. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
After you do the 'insmod' then do o a 'cat /proc/modules' and you should see an entry like: psaux 11 which indicate that the mouse module is indeed loaded and known to the kernel. For gpm to work you need either: /dev/psaux (or /dev/mouse and a link from /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# gpmconfig Configuring gpm (mouse event server): Current configuration: -m /dev/mouse -t ps2 -r 70 Do you want to change anything (Y/n)? n Listing of /dev/psaux and /dev/mouse: bash-2.01$ ls -l /dev/ps* crw--- 1 root sys 10, 1 Mar 28 16:38 /dev/psaux bash-2.01$ ls -l /dev/mou* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 1 16:53 /dev/mouse - /dev/psaux -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft! See! They do get some things right! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing Mouse Driver
I am a new user of Debian Linux. After much guesswork I have managed to install Debian and XFree86 (not provided with the CD). Unfortunately when installing Debian I could not include a mouse driver in the kernal because some a device in use error. As a consequence I cannot use XFree86. Can anyone offer me some advice on how to retrospectively install a mouse driver? John Wingfield -- John Wingfield Committee Member Website Manager British Double Reed Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bdrs.demon.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
